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Colgate, West Sussex

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Colgate, West Sussex

Colgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, about four miles (6 km) north east of Horsham. A small village, with its origins at the northern edge of St. Leonards Forest, it has no shops or retail facilities. There is a pub "The Dragon", and a church and a small primary school. There is a range of architectural styles in the village, with houses present from several different design eras.

District

Horsham

Post town

HORSHAM

Administrative County

West Sussex

Traditional County

Sussex

OS Grid

TQ2332

OS Settlement Classification

Other settlement (village, hamlet etc)

Region

South East

Country

England

Police Authority

Sussex

Fire and Rescue Authority

West Sussex

Fire and Rescue Authority

West Sussex

Ambulance Authority

South East Coast

Dialling code

01293

Population

1,119 2001 Census

Other names by which Colgate, West Sussex has been known in the past

Colegate

Colgate, West Sussex in John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles" (1887)